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Nothing until near collapse

IT IS now easy to understand why canals are being closed week after week for repairs if CaRT have a system where it does nothing until it is near collapse on its A to E system, writes Jim Cracken.

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Published: 20 August 2014

High flyer

A MERCEDES travelling at speed took to the air after leaving the road at Banbury landing in the Cherwell, where the occupants had to be rescued.

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Published: 20 August 2014

Interest-filled Open Days

IT WILL certainly be an interest-filled National Heritage Open Days weekend organised by the Wey & Arun Canal Trust, that will include an airfield museum, an archaeological dig and a guided walk.

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Published: 20 August 2014

When the wind takes over

ALL boaters know that one of the worst things about boating is a strong wind, with a narrowboat acting as a sail, with little control, as a boater found to his cost at the Liverpool Link.

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Published: 20 August 2014

Boater drowns in canal

THERE is a mystery concerning why a boater fell into a canal in the middle of the night and subsequently died.

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Published: 20 August 2014

Open Boaters Meetings again

AFTER the successful Open Boater Meetings on Twitter, Canal & River Trust Chief Executive, Richard Parry is starting a new round using Facebook.

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Published: 20 August 2014

All repaired

BOTH the Birmingham & Fazeley and Huddersfield Narrow canals stoppages have been lifted and both are now open.
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Published: 20 August 2014

Preventative maintenance

AS EVERYONE seems to be looking backwards why don't I look the other way? No, I don't mean turning a blind eye! Let's look where waterways, and particularly their maintenance, could change in the future, writes Jimmy Lockwood.

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Published: 18 August 2014

Poor year for CaRT

IT HAS been a difficult first full financial year for the Canal & River Trust (CaRT), writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 18 August 2014

Another closed

YET ANOTHER waterway is closed through lock failure, this time the Birmingham & Fazeley.

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Published: 18 August 2014

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Latest

  • Water, water, everywhere
  • Still no paddles for lock on Glasson Branch
  • More problems at Penkridge Lock
  • Two repairs will take longer than first expected
  • More problems with Bidford Bridge over the Avon
  • Two more 'winter works' cancelled
  • Good news for Canal & River Trust
  • Lee Navigation lock remains closed to navigation
  • CafĂ© turns to cyclists as it has fewer boaters
  • Swing bridge and paddle failures
  • Paddle hubs encourage people on to the Birmingham canals
  • Two more 'winter works' added
  • Source of Chesterfield Canal pollution still not found
  • Keadby Lock is still closed
  • Canal & River Trust's greater enforcement powers is not the answer
  • New top gates for flight lock
  • Bridgewater Canal breach stabilisation completed
  • Maintenance Team volunteers needed
  • Clearing the water on accessible healthcare for boaters
  • Collapsed culvert keeps Staffs & Worcs Canal closed

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